Banks, Encalade have career games, Tulane tops Houston 20-17

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jonathan Banks threw for a career-high 251 yards and Terren Encalade caught a career-long 64-yard go-ahead touchdown with 6:13 left to help Tulane beat Houston 20-17 on Saturday night.

Houston trailed 13-3 at halftime but scored the next 14 points on a pair of long runs by quarterback D’Eriq King. His 33-yarder came on the final play of the third quarter and his 16-yarder gave the Cougars a 17-13 lead with 6:50 left.

Two plays later, Banks eluded pressure up the middle and heaved a pass to Encalade, who out-jumped a defender at the 15 and ran into the end zone.

Houston went for it on fourth-and-1 from Tulane’s 32, but Luke Jackson broke up a pass attempt with 2:41 remaining in the game.

Encalade made eight catches for a career-high 186 yards. It was the 12th-most receiving yards in program history, trailing Ryan Grant’s 187 in 2013. Encalade had 101 yards receiving in the first half.